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The assignment is to choose three pieces of art that each describe me and who I am. Honestly I already know that I’m not a connoisseur of any kind of art. It is something that I would definitely like to be but unfortunately am not. One of my life goals is to be an Interior Designer and for me to be a connoisseur would help make me top in my field. I’m explaining this to you because one of my three pieces of art that do express me is my very own bedroom. I understand that at the moment it is a masterpiece under construction but I created, designed, and manufactured the colors, concept, and ambiance all on my own. It is my own piece of art that describes me. My bedroom is the greatest expression of myself because of its content of bright bold red and white walls, a little messy, random with pictures of a lady from the twenties and a game of checkers on a gold table next to a bowl of fruit, a cherry wood framed futon with custom mattress, and new retro style phone. My bedroom is my sanctuary at which I could stay in and stare at for days just thinking about the future of my career in Interior Design and thinking that this is where it all started.
The second piece of art that would really describe me would be Frank Sinatra’s music as well as many other musicians of his time. People around me sometimes describe me as an old soul and a lot of the time that’s definitely how I feel. I don’t do well with technology, I have always been able to relate more to people older than myself especially senior citizens, and Frank has been the music that I mainly connect with. His music puts in places where things were all beautiful, songs did not include curse words or derogatory comments, and everything was about romance. I’m a strong believer in love and romance, which are other reasons why I’m so drawn to Frank’s music. Also it doesn’t hurt that he has an attractive and charismatic voice.
This may not make sense to anyone else except me but I do believe that the new TV show on Showtime, The United States of Tara, is truly a work of art. The breakdown of the show is about a woman who has multiple personalities and how she, her husband and her two kids deal with the unusual situation and how each of them react to her other personalities as well as her before and after her personalities come about. I understand that it is a TV show but it still has actors just like a play or a musical, but maybe not appreciated the same way. I’m sure that this show was idealized differently for the writers and directors. I’m sure that it was meant to just be a dramatic comedy show, but for me it went a little deeper than that. For me The United States of Tara is another perfect representation of me. All day, every day I feel as though I go through many different personalities, actually I think we all do. I will act as a different person to my teachers than to my friends or family and it just feels like I’m a different aspect of myself each time. I’m a lot like a roller coaster. Some days I can be in a really girly mood with the high heels and the makeup and others I may be in terribly worn and torn up pants (that my grandmother can’t stand because ladies don’t wear pants like that) and a white wife beater. Some days I’m lazy and sloppy and don’t pick up anything while others I’m a super energetic clean freak that needs everyone in order. The great thing about the TV show is that with her crazy and completely different personalities she was still able get married and keep him around for seventeen years as well as raise two kids. It just reminds me of me and I know that it’s just a TV show but it gives me hope that if she can have the life I want then maybe I can too, even with my totally unpredictable personality and lifestyle.